Arnica louiseana Farr

Lake louise arnica (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Arnica

Characteristics

Plants 5–20 cm. Stems simple. Leaves 1–3 pairs, mostly cauline (shorter plants often with leaves crowed mostly toward bases); petiolate; blades elliptic, oblong, or ovate-lanceolate, 1.5–7.5 × 0.5–2 cm, margins usually entire, rarely denticulate or slightly undulate, apices usually obtuse, sometimes acute or acuminate, faces glabrous or hispidulous-puberulent, ± densely stipitate-glandular. Heads usually 1, sometimes 2–3 (nodding at flowering). Involucres campanulate-turbinate. Phyllaries 10–20, narrowly lanceolate (stipitate-glandular). Ray florets 7–10; corollas yellow. Disc florets: corollas yellow; anthers yellow. Cypselae brown, 3–5 mm, abaxially glabrous, adaxially sparsely hirsute or glabrous throughout, usually stipitate-glandular toward apices, sometimes densely stipitate-glandular throughout; pappi white, bristles barbellate. 2n = 76, 95.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.2
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 25 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 12
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Images

Arnica louiseana unspecified picture

Distribution

Arnica louiseana world distribution map, present in Canada and Liberia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20026-2
WFO ID wfo-0000013944
COL ID GT4Q
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Arnica louiseana Arnica louiseana subsp. louiseana Arnica louiseana var. louiseana